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Okoli, Al Chukwuma, Aina, Folahanmi and Onuoha, Freedom C. (2024) 'Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria.' Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict. pp. 1-17. (Forthcoming)

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Abstract

The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled population, the conditions of persons, households and communities displaced or subjected to various forms of captivity by the crisis have been almost entirely unexplored by way of organized research. Using a combination of primary and secondary data, this paper examines the population-in-captivity dimension of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria. It posits that the banditry crisis has, among others, created a captive population(s) who are exposed to complex, mortal existential threats, and vulnerabilities in the context of Nigeria’s burgeoning un(der)governed spaces and state fragility syndrome.

Item Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Banditry; captive population; population displacement; state fragility; un(der)governed spaces; northern Nigeria
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies
ISSN: 17467594
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2024.2356509
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2024 18:46
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/42009

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